Jon Quast

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This earnings season, we've seen a lot of these low-price retailers do well.

Five Below reports on December 5th.

I think that it's going to surprise investors with a better-than-expected same-store sales increase, and I think that could be a really good thing for the holiday quarter.

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I don't know how meaningful this update is, but I will say that there are actionable things for investors today.

Rachel already touched on some things about Gemini 3, understanding nuance and context better.

To me, that feels like the old iPhone update events, where you knew you were getting a better camera.

You know that these new models, these new AI models, are going to have better understanding, it's going to be smarter.